Whoopi Goldberg, Danielle Deadwyler To Star In Chinonye Chukwu’s “Till”
Whoopi Goldberg, Danielle Deadwyler To Star In Chinonye Chukwu’s “Till”
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WASHINGTON Actors Whoopi Goldberg and Danielle Deadwyler will star in Chinonye Chukwu’s upcoming directorial venture titled “Till,” which will chronicle Mamie Till-Mobley’s fight for justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Louis Till.
Deadwyler will portray Mamie Till-Mobley, while Goldberg is set to play Till’s grandmother, Alma Carthan, said reports.
Goldberg will also serve as a producer on the forthcoming project, for MGM’s Orion Pictures, alongside Keith Beauchamp, Barbara Broccoli, Thomas K. Levine, Michael JP Reilly, and Frederick Zollo.
‘Everybody Needed to Know What Happened’: Mamie Till-Mobley’s Fight for Son Emmett’s Justice to Become Movie Starring Whoopi Goldberg
Mamie Till-Mobley has long been known as the Black mother whose 14 year-old son,
Emmett Louis Till, was brutally tortured and killed in Mississippi during the Jim Crow Era.
But now, the masses will know her as not only the “mother of the civil rights movement,” but just how far she pushed to make justice for her son a reality. The upcoming movie, “Till,” will chronicle her decision to have an open-casket funeral to show her son’s gruesomely disfigured body which was photographed for Jet magazine in 1955 and how her fight for justice helped launch a movement.
Whoopi Goldberg Will Play Emmett Till s Grandmother in New Film Till thesource.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thesource.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Emmett Till s family on his 80th birthday: The past isn t the past until justice is served Boy s relatives joined families of those killed by law enforcement in Minn. July 25, 2021 8:40pm Text size Copy shortlink:
On what would have been Emmett Till s 80th birthday, about 50 people gathered in St. Paul on Sunday to celebrate his legacy and call for justice 66 years after he was lynched.
Many of them were family members of Black men killed by police who also want to see accountability for their own loved ones.
The group, including Till s cousin and Twin Cities resident Deborah Watts, gathered in front of the governor s residence in St. Paul, where they sang Happy Birthday to Till and released black and white balloons. As the balloons floated into the sky, the group started marching around the block, chanting Say his name: Emmett Till!
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